The 2023 Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger was a professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

tournament played on

hard courts A hardcourt (or hard court) is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts. It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and ...

. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the

2023 ATP Challenger Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour in 2023 was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2023 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprised 196 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $40,000 up to ...

. It took place in

Manama Manama ( ar, المنامة ', Bahrani Arabic, Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 200,000 people as of 2020. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is h ...

, Bahrain between 13 and 19 February 2023.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 6 February 2023.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Bekkhan Atlangeriev * Yusuf Qaed *

Abedallah Shelbayh Abedallah Shelbayh (also known as Abdullah Shelbayh; born 16 November 2003) is a Jordanian tennis player. Shelbayh has a career high ATP singles ranking of 469 achieved on December 12, 2022, making him the first Jordanian tennis player to achie ...

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: *

Stefano Travaglia Stefano Travaglia (born 18 December 1991 in Ascoli Piceno) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 60, which he reached on 8 February 2021. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 231 achieved on ...

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: *

Oriol Roca Batalla Oriol Roca Batalla (, ; born 30 April 1993) is a professional Spanish tennis player. Roca Batalla has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 193 achieved on 3 August 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 175 a ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Andrea Arnaboldi Andrea Arnaboldi (; born 27 December 1987) is an Italian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He advanced to the main draw in the 2014 French Open, 2015 French Open The 2015 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor cl ...

* Aleksandr Braynin *

Viktor Durasovic Viktor Durasovic ( sr, Viktor Đurasović; born 19 March 1997) is a Norwegian professional tennis player. Durasovic has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 298, which he achieved in October 2019. ...

Yankı Erel Yankı Erel (born 25 September 2000) is a Turkish tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis rack ...

* Vitaliy Sachko Vitaliy Sachko ( uk, Віталій Дмитрович Сачко; born 14 July 1997) is a Ukrainian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 156 achieved on 31 July 2023 and also reached as high as No. 149 in doubles on 2 ...
*

Mohamed Safwat Mohamed Safwat ( ar, محمد صفوت; born 19 September 1990) is an Egyptian tennis player. Safwat has been a regular player on the Egypt Davis Cup team since 2009. Safwat has won one singles and three titles in doubles on the ATP Challenger T ...

The following players received entry as lucky losers: *

Salvatore Caruso Salvatore Caruso (; born 15 December 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 76 achieved on 16 November 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 166 achieved on 18 January ...

* Andrey Chepelev * Colin Sinclair

Champions

Singles

Thanasi Kokkinakis Athanasios "Thanasi" Kokkinakis ( ; born 10 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player and a doubles specialist. He has been ranked as high as world No. 69 in singles by the ATP, which he first achieved on 8 June 2015. He has won o ...

def.

6–1, 6–4.

Doubles

Patrik Niklas-Salminen Patrik Niklas-Salminen (born 5 March 1997) is a Finnish professional tennis player. Niklas-Salminen has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 418 achieved on 3 March 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 95 achieved on 1 ...

Bart Stevens Bart Stevens (born 29 January 1998) is a Dutch tennis player who specializes in doubles. Stevens reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of world No. 74 on 30 October 2023. He also has a career high singles ranking of world No. 736 achieved on 14 ...

def. Ruben Gonzales /

Fernando Romboli Fernando Romboli de Souza (born 4 January 1989, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Romboli competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 236, ...

6–3, 6–4.

References

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